J.M.'s Question - John Mellencamp

Virginia’s in the bath house sayin', «Don't drink the water,»

And I’m already in the swimmin' pool

The woman in the straw hat said, «The meat ain’t worth eatin',»

And sunbathin' here, baby, ain’t so cool

There’s a hole in the ozone and the rats all got cancer

From too much tartar and nicotine

Well, what kind of world do we live in

When the babysitter treats all the kids so mean?

No trespassing will blow your brains out

Will do it with atomic bomb

They’re cuttin' down the rain forest and the food here’s fattenin'

And I hope there’s no satanic message in this song

But, there’s Live Aid and Farm Aid and all kind of hand grenades

To help us all get along

Well, what kind of world do we live in

When ev’rything we do turns out so wrong?

Well, what kind of world do we live in

When eleven and seven equals two?

Yeah

What kind of world do we live in

When you do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you?

Got to do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you

The preacher he hands out verse and scripture

Just like he wrote it down himself

Doctors and lawyers got a good thing going

But that ain’t no place to go if you need help

There’s too much sodium in my heartburn medicine

And I think I need to lay down for awhile

Well, what kind of world do we live in

When ev’rything we do we do with such style?

Well, what kind of world do we live in

When eleven and seven equals two?

Yeah

What kind of world do we live in

When you do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you?

Got to do it to your buddy 'fore he does it to you